Touring the States

Well, back on the road again...here we are. We made a quick trip home to San Luis after a frantic travel day (where we missed our flight to SLO even though we had been literally sprinting through the airport). We were home long enough to say a few simultaneous hellos and goodbyes and pack up our truck. We slept in our own bed which was wonderful for a change, then headed up to Chico. It was nice to leave home for another and we were blessed to be able to relax and see Ryan's family- and Lyndal's "special" cat - in Chico (she really is normal, she just had to have a haircut to stay with Ryan's mom who is allergic). We left Chico feeling so loved, as usual, as Ryan's mom and dad helped stock our truck with last minute car camping supplies and gave us travel advice.

Once out of Chico, we felt like we were really on our road trip portion of our trip. We stayed the night at Patrick's Point and visited Arcada and Eureka the next morning. With health food stores abounding, we bought the essentials; a few food items and a fishing license for me. Yes, that's right, for Camille. We spent the next two nights in the Jedadiah Smith Park, exploring the redwood groves, hiking, and fishing in the Smith River and it's surrounding little streams. Now we are headed up the Oregon Coast in our little truck which has been working out perfectly for us! It stores our clothes and personal items, a double burner camp stove, all our backpacking gear, a little ice chest, various cooking items, a cutting board, and a car repair kit, to name a few things. In the evening it transforms into a super cozy little bedroom with windows that look out at the beautiful forest scenery from every angle and then when we're ready, off we all go to the next place on our journey...




Our industrious little truck by day...

Our cozy little truck by night!

Ryan with the Boy Scout Tree- probably a couple thousand years old!

Camille hiking through the redwoods to see Fern Waterfall and the Boy Scout (aka. gigantic) Tree.

The view from our little Toyota Cab, driving up the one lane dirt road to the mystical Stout Redwood Grove, drinking our Ginger Ale...

Camille chopping down a tree with life size Paul Bunyon and Babe in the Redwood Mystery Forest!

Emma- the Lion cat in Chico (belonging to Ryan's sister Lyndal)